Apple has brought the classic Final Cut Studio product back and is selling it for $999, $899 for education customers, reportsMacrumors. This is likely in response to the lackluster reception that most pros gave Final Cut Pro X, a drastically altered version of the popular editing application for Mac. Apple provided confirmation via an Apple sales representative on the phone that Final Cut Studio, which is a suite of products that include Final Cut Pro 7, Motion 4, Soundtrack Pro 3, DVD Studio Pro 4, Color 1....

Just last week, I called bullshit on the 2025 launch date for the rumored Apple Car. I sayrumoredas Apple has never publicly confirmed that they are actually making an autonomous electric vehicle. One of the issues I raised is that Apple hiring Christofer“CJ” Moore, previous director for Tesla’s Autopilot software, is not necessarily a sign of project progress. Apple’s had a revolving door for staff retention at Project Titan. Therefore I wasn’t surprised to hear this week that three Project Titan employers have left Apple....

It appears that Apple’s new CEO Tim Cook has made his first major structural executive change at the company, promoting Eddy Cue – the man behind the company’s online store and iTunes Music service – to Senior Vice President of Internet Software and Services, a incremental rise up the ranks from his previous position as Vice President. 9to5mac posted an internal emailsent to Apple employees welcoming Cue in his new position, a position that will see him report to Cook directly and serve on Apple’s executive team:...

Following Google’sapproval to bidfor Nortel patents, Apple has also gotten its go-ahead,reportsReuters. US antitrust regulators from the FTC have approved Apple’s request to bid on Nortel assets. Apple, Google, Intel and Ericsson are all interested in the patents and assets that were possessed by bankrupt telecom company Nortel Networks. Those patents include wireless, data and optical networking, as well as semiconductors and other technology. According to Reuters, the Justice Department had been reviewing Apple’s interest in the Nortel assets along with Google’s $900 million opening bid....

Apple is apparently going after developer accounts that have been selling slots to people that allow them to use the latest beta versions of iOS 5, reportsKarthikk.net. The developers identified by Apple to be selling their slots have been sent an email and the devices with UDIDs that are associated with that account have been disabled. Those devices are then pushed into the ‘setup’ mode and are unable to be used beyond that....